Current NASA News

• NASA News — features current news stories related to NASA.



Educational Programming

• NASA CONNECT — These educational programs, produced by NASA Langley Research Center's Office of Education, establish the "connection" between the mathematics, science, and technology concepts taught in the classroom and NASA research. NASA Connect airs on PBS stations and NASA-TV.
   
• NASA SciFiles — This is a series of instructional programs constisting of broadcast, print, and online elements targeted for grades 3-5.
   
• NASA's Kids Science News Network^™ (KSNN^™) — This standards-based program uses the Web, animation, and video to introduce science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and NASA concepts to students in grades K-2 and 3-5. NASAexplores is collaborating with NASA's KSNN™ team to offer many of the NASAexplores topics on NASA's KSNN™ Web site.
• NASA-TV — educational programming to teachers, students, and the general public.



General Information & Resources

• CERES S'COOL Project — Students' Cloud Observations On-Line is a project which involves school children in real science. They provide measurements to assist in the validation of the CERES (Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System) instrument. They can also compare the surface- and space-based observations to learn more about clouds and climate.
   
• CORE — This resource is a worldwide distribution center for NASA's multimedia educational materials.
   
• Engineering Design Challenges (EDC) — This program connects students with the challenges NASA engineers face as they design the next generation of space vehicles. With simple and inexpensive materials, students engage in related design challenges in their classrooms under the supervision of their teachers.
   
• Educator Resource Center Network (ERCN) — ERCNs are located on or near NASA Field Centers, museums, colleges, or other nonprofit organizations and provide educators with inservice and preservice training, demonstrations, and access to NASA instructional products.
   
• Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) — GLOBE is a worldwide hands-on, primary and secondary school-based education and science program.
   
• The NASA Portal — This is the definitive site for information about the agency.
   
• Liftoff to Learning Video Series — There are written guides to accompany the Liftoff to Learning video series.
   
• NASA's History Office — This site offers access to print and electronic publications, biographical information, chronologies, anniversaries, and technical drawings and diagrams, in addition to historical information about aeronautics and astronautics.
   
• NASA Technology Portal — This portal provides access to NASA's technology-oriented educational resources and projects.
   
• NASA's Robotics Curriculum (RCC) Clearinghouse — The mission of the RCC is to create a national on-line repository of curricula for use by educators seeking to incorporate robotics-based activities and lesson plans into the teaching of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).
   
• Science@NASA — The mission of Science@NASA is to help the public understand how exciting NASA research is and to help NASA scientists fulfill their outreach responsibilities.
   
• Space Science Education Resource Directory — The Space Science Education Resource Directory is a convenient way to find NASA space science products for use in classrooms, science museums, planetariums, and other settings.



NASA Education Sites

• NASA Education Kids Section
   
• NASA Education K-4 Student Section
   
• NASA Education 5-8 Student Section
   
• NASA Education 9-12 Student Section
   
• NASA Education Post Secondary Student Section
   
• NASA Education K-4 Educator Section
   
• NASA Education 5-8 Educator Section
   
• NASA Education 9-12 Educator Section
   
• NASA Education Post Secondary Educator Section
   
• NASA Education Informal Educator Section
   
• NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate's Education Page
   
• Ames Research Center's Education Page
   
• Dryden Flight Research Center Education Page
   
• NASA's Earth Science's Education Page
   
• NASA's Education Home Page
   
• NASA's Fundamental Space Biology Outreach Program
   
• Glenn Research Center's Education Page
   
• Goddard Space Flight Center's Education Page
   
• Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Education Outreach
   
• John C. Stennis Space Center's Education Page
   
• Johnson Space Center's Education Page
   
• Kennedy Space Center's Education Page
   
• Langley Research Center's Education Page
  
  
• Marshall Space Flight Center's Education Page
   
• NASA's Human Space Flight Education Page
   
• NASA's Space Research Education Page
   
• NASA's Space Science's Education Page
   
• Wallops Flight Facility's Education and Public Outreach Page



Selected Government Resources for Educators

• Eisenhower National Clearinghouse

 
• Educator's Reference Desk (formerly Ask Eric) — This Internet-based service provides education information to teachers, librarians, counselors, administrators, parents, and others throughout the United States and the world.

 
• Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum



NASAexplores Alliances

• U.S. Space Camp
   
• The Gateway To Educational Materials
   
• SciLinks
  



NASAexplores Sponsoring Mission Directorates

• Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
   
• Space Operations Mission Directorate